Improved animal-trap



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gli) "MW l TIIOMAS M. HILL; or RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 83,633, dated Novembre 3, 1868.

IMPROVED ANIMAL-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. HILL, ofRichmond, Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps ,and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being` had to the drawings Vwhich accompany thisspecification, forming a part thereof, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.A

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my trap.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

My invention consists in a rectilinear box or ease, open at the ends,one of which is provided with a gate or door, working in uprightparallel guides. The gate or door is operated upward by arms, which forma portion of a rocking platform inside the box or case of the To enablethose skilled in the art to use and construct my said invention, I willproceed to describe the same.

A, fig. 1, represents the box or case;

B is the door or gate; andl .t t the guide-ways, in which thedooi-worksup and down. l

`E is a post, attached centrally to the top of the box A, at the top ofwhich is pivoted the trigger F, the lower end of which terminates in ahook, to which the bait may be secured.

Attached to the upper end of the trigger Fis a connecting-rod, G, attheopposite end of which itis con'- nected with a head-block, K, which isheld inposition by a spiral spring, H.

I The head-block, K, is provided with a pin, which projects below thebottom of the gatewheu the salue is raised, and holds it in its raisedposition.

Aver-tical. pressure uponthe hook of the trigger l1 v llt, on the top ofthe box, to facilitate baiting the trap.

Dis a section of wire gauze, inserted in the top of ,the box, near theforward end, to admit light.

The Vibrating platform I is hung, bythe shaft, a, in the interior ofthe.v box.

The levers J are a continuation of the side rails of` the platform, andare extended forward sufficiently to receive the bottom edge of the gateB.

As the rear end of the platform I is pressed down,

the' levers J are elevated, carrying the door B to a sufiicient heightto allow the pin in the head-block, operated by the spring, to moveforward vand secure the door, thus setting the trap. The animal, byseizing the bait, withdraws the pin supporting the door, which, by itsfall, secures the victim,'which, on its passage( over the rear end ofthe platform, depressed it in its exit, thus resetting the trap. I Anyconvenient receptacle may be provided for the captured animals.

Having thus fully described my said invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

The arrangement and cggnbination of the vibrating platform I with itslevers J, the door B working in guides t t, the head-block K, spring H,connecting-rod G, post E, and trigger F, with the box A, when providedwith the hinged lid C and opening D, for the purpose and in the manner'substantially as herein set forth and described.

Witnesses:

H. H. SoNNmsEN, WM. T. DENNIS.

THOMAS M. HILL.

